Michigan was declared the nation’s 26th state when admitted to the union on Jan. 26, 1837. At this time the state’s capital was located in Detroit. Michigan’s first governor, when it was both a territory and when admitted to the union, was Stevens Thomson Mason. He was born in Virgina ...
Members of the House Appropriations Committee faced an uproar Wednesday after voting to approve subsidies for a bundle of projects, including a controversial mining project in the Upper Peninsula. Alongside funding for the University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory to construct ...
The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board has recommended lawmakers approve 68 recreation development projects and 17 land acquisitions totaling $41.7 million to be funded in 2025, including a $215,000 project in Iron County that is among a number of Upper Peninsula endeavors. Crystal ...
SOUTH RANGE — The Village of South Range held a rescheduled Council meeting on December 12 to hear out village reports, recognize a new member of the council and discuss the need of an office assistant. Before the meeting began it was announced that the village would be needing to seek a ...
MADISON, Wis. — A teenage student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and another teenage student in the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes did not give details about ...
A former prison guard trainee who executed five women inside a Florida bank almost six years ago was sentenced to death on Monday as his judge called the slayings calculated, heinous and cruel. Zephen Xaver, 27, appeared to gulp but otherwise showed no emotion as Circuit Judge Angela Cowden ...